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Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Actor · Died December 7, 2011, aged 96 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor whose TV and film career spanned six decades. Morgan's major roles included Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and his starring role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in MASH (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1985). Morgan also appeared as a supporting player in more than 100 films.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 10, 1915
Died
December 7, 2011 (aged 96)
From
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
80 on MovieCove · 160 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Up 7% in 30 days

What are Harry Morgan's films like?

Across their 65 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 63 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 34 · Serious 15 · Dark 14

A split, not a type: Grounded 29 · Stylized 27 · Heightened 7

Gentle 26 · Charged 30 · Intense 7

Steady 41 · Shifting 20 · Whiplash 2

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 17 · Funny 19

Slow burn 29 · Even-paced 32 · Relentless 2

Casual 39 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 3

Easy watch 36 · Affecting 17 · Heavy 10

Resolved 53 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

30 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 9 of 30 analyzed roles.

Ally
9 of 30
Mentor
7 of 30
Herald
5 of 30
Threshold guardian
3 of 30
Hero
2 of 30
Shadow
2 of 30
Trickster
2 of 30
Show the 30 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
33
Joyful
24
Warm
21
Melancholic
15
Hopeful
16
Other
61

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy36
  • Bittersweet23
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Harry Morgan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 27 of their 80 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Subscription and free streaming for Harry Morgan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

160 credits, 80 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Bakari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Producer

  • Greenboy: Prescription for Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Bill Gannon (archive footage)

  • Love & Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Family Plan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Sol Rubins

  • 3rd Rock from the Sun(1996)

    Show 3 episodes · as Professor Suter

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
  • The Jeff Foxworthy Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Incident in a Small Town(1994)

    as Judge Bell

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Grace Under Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Renegade(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
  • Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore(1992)

    as Judge Stoddard Bell

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • The Incident(1990)

    as Judge Bell

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • The Simpsons(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Bill Gannon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • 14 Going on 30(1988)

    as Uncle Herb

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • You Can't Take It with You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 22 episodes · as Martin Vanderhof

  • Dragnet(1987)

    as Captain Gannon

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Blacke's Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 13 episodes · as Leonard Blacke

  • The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Retired Lt. Richard Webb

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
  • Sparkling Cyanide(1983)

    as Captain Kemp

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • AfterMASH (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 31 episodes · as Sherman T. Potter

  • The Flight of Dragons(1982)

    as Carolinus (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Father Everett Kolodny

  • More Wild Wild West(1980)

    as Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Scout's Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Mr. Briggs

  • Roughnecks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Plug Champion

  • Better Late Than Never(1979)

    as Mr. Scott

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • You Can't Take It with You(1979)

    as Mr. DePinna

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Wild Wild West Revisited(1979)

    as Robert T. Malone

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Roots: The Next Generations(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as Bob Campbell

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
  • Backstairs at the White House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 4 episodes · as Pres. Harry S. Truman

  • The Cat from Outer Space(1978)

    as General Stilton

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Bastard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Capt. Caleb

  • Murder at the Mardi Gras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Jim Bob Jackson

  • Maneaters Are Loose! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Toby Waites

  • Confessions of the D.A. Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as H.M. 'Staff' Stafford

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 2 episodes · as Charly Fields · as Professor Milo Endler · as Wendell Snead

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
  • Exo-Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Arthur Travis

  • The Shootist(1976)

    as Marshall Thibido

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • The Apple Dumpling Gang(1975)

    as Homer McCoy

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • The Last Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Narrator

  • Sidekicks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Sheriff Jenkins

  • Charley and the Angel(1973)

    as Angel

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Snowball Express(1972)

    as Jesse McCord

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • The Century Turns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Doc Amos B. Coogan

  • M*A*S*H(1972)

    Show 179 episodes · Director · as General Steele · as Sherman Potter

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • Hec Ramsey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 11 episodes · Director · as Doc Amos Coogan

  • Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You(1971)

    as Insp. Richard Queen

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • The D.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 15 episodes · as H.M. 'Staff' Stafford

  • Cat Ballou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as The Rancher

  • Scandalous John(1971)

    as Sheriff Pippin

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • The Barefoot Executive(1971)

    as E.J. Crampton

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • The Feminist and the Fuzz(1971)

    as Horace Bowers

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Night Gallery(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Thaddeus Conway

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • But I Don't Want to Get Married! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Mr. Good

  • The Partridge Family(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Cal · as Willie Larkin

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
  • Viva Max! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Chief of Police Sylvester

  • Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Woody

  • Support Your Local Sheriff!(1969)

    as Olly Perkins

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Dragnet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Bill Gannon

  • Adam-12(1968)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
  • Star Spangled Salesman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as TV Cop

  • The Flim-Flam Man(1967)

    as Sheriff Slade

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Dragnet 1967(1967)

    Show 98 episodes · as Gannon

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Frankie and Johnny(1966)

    as Cully

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • The Wackiest Ship in the Army (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Kentucky Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 26 episodes · as Seldom Jackson

  • The Richard Boone Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 15 episodes · Director · Actor

  • How the West Was Won(1962)

    as Ulysses S. Grant

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Going My Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Ensign O'Toole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Charlie

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1962)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Kendall Jones

  • Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 3 episodes · as Francis X. Healy

  • Cimarron(1960)

    as Jessie Rickey

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Here's Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Pete and Gladys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 72 episodes · Actor

  • Inherit the Wind(1960)

    as Judge Mel

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • The Mountain Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Mike Michaelson

  • The Untouchables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as George 'Bugs' Moran

  • It Started with a Kiss(1959)

    as Charles Meriden

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Under Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak

  • Have Gun, Will Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Fred Braus · as Sheriff Ernie Backwater

  • The Teahouse of the August Moon(1956)

    as Sergeant Gregovich

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Star in the Dust(1956)

    as Lew Hogan

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Backlash(1956)

    as Tony Welker

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • The Bottom of the Bottle(1956)

    as Felix - Barkeep

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Mike Feeney

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Hermie Jenkins

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jed Hockett · as John Milligan · as Osgood Pickett

  • Not as a Stranger(1955)

    as Oley

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Strategic Air Command(1955)

    as Sergeant Bible

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • December Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 157 episodes · as Pete Porter

  • About Mrs. Leslie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Fred Blue

  • The Forty-Niners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Alf Billings

  • Prisoner of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Maj. O.D. Hale

  • The Lone Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Jim Strait · as Rev. Jeffrey Hallam

  • The Far Country(1954)

    as Ketchum

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • The Glenn Miller Story(1954)

    as Chummy MacGregor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Torch Song(1953)

    as Joe Denner

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Champ for a Day(1953)

    as Al Muntz

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Arena(1953)

    as Lew Hutchins

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • Thunder Bay(1953)

    as Rawlings

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Stop, You're Killing Me(1952)

    as Innocence

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Toughest Man in Arizona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Verne Kimber

  • Cavalcade of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Show 1 episode · as Homer Byington

  • Apache War Smoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Ed Cotten

  • What Price Glory(1952)

    as Sergeant Moran

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • High Noon(1952)

    as Sam Fuller

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • My Six Convicts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Dawson

  • The Devil and John Q (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Abe Lincoln

  • Bend of the River(1952)

    as Shorty

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Scandal Sheet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Biddle

  • Boots Malone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Quarter Horse Henry

  • The Blue Veil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Charles Hall

  • The Well (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Claude Packard

  • The Highwayman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Tim

  • When I Grow Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Father Reed (Modern)

  • The Amazing Mr. Malone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Belle Le Grand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Abel Stone

  • Dark City(1950)

    as Soldier

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • The Showdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Rod Main

  • Appointment with Danger(1950)

    as George Soderquist

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Outside the Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Garth

  • Holiday Affair(1949)

    as Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Strange Bargain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Richard Webb

  • Red Light(1949)

    as Rocky

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Madame Bovary(1949)

    as Hyppolite

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Down to the Sea in Ships(1949)

    as Britton

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Hello Out There (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as The Young Gambler

  • Yellow Sky(1948)

    as Half Pint

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Moonrise(1948)

    as Billy Scripture

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • The Saxon Charm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Hermy

  • Race Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Hal Towers

  • All My Sons(1948)

    as Frank Lubey

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • The Big Clock(1948)

    as Bill Womack

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • The Gangster(1947)

    as Shorty

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Gus Rivers

  • Somewhere in the Night(1946)

    as Bath Attendant

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Dragonwyck(1946)

    as Klaas Bleecker

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Johnny Comes Flying Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Joe Patillo

  • From This Day Forward(1946)

    as Hank Beesley

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • State Fair(1945)

    as Barker

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • A Bell for Adano(1945)

    as Capt. N. Purvis

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Gentle Annie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)

  • Take It or Leave It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Roger Touhy, Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Thomas "Smoke" Reardon

  • The Eve of St. Mark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Private Shevlin

  • Wing and a Prayer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Malcolm Brainard

  • Happy Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)

  • Crash Dive(1943)

    as Brownie

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • The Ox-Bow Incident(1943)

    as Art Croft

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Orchestra Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Cully Anderson

  • The Omaha Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Henchman Nat

  • The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Ebenezer Burling

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 160 titles from 1942 to 2024; peak year 1970.

Film career

19422024

Peak 1970 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 12 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting157 of 160: 154 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score65thDirecting5 of 160: 2 only directing, 3 with another roleProducing1 of 160: 1 only producing, 0 with another role

160 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1940s32 · acting1950s45 · acting1960s25 · 23 acting · 3 crew1970s33 · 33 acting · 2 crew1980s14 · acting1990s9 · acting2010s1 · acting2020s1 · crew

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 2% of 41 roles
434853586878

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Harry Morgan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 67; across their 63 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 63

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 63

Reach · how many have seen their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 63

Midcredits score across 80 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up32
  • 50th to 74th25
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

44 of their 80 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved12
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser44
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed15

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 60 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Harry Morgan's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles20–53 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles4–32 · median 15 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles7–46 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles27–57 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles21–61 · median 28 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Harry Morgan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Harry Morgan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Burt Kennedy shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles